V2X Unicast Connection Establishment via Status-Based Target Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

In LTE V2X technology, UEs typically communicate in a broadcast manner, making it difficult to establish unicast communication between terminals, which is necessary for advanced applications like vehicle formation and sensor information sharing.

Innovation Solution

A method for establishing a unicast connection between terminals by determining a target terminal based on status information such as position, travel track, and service characteristics, and configuring transmission parameters for unicast data communication, allowing direct communication between specific terminals.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If broadcast communication is used for V2X communication, then communication coverage and simplicity are improved, but unicast communication capability and resource utilization are worsened

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication simplicityVSAvoidunicast communication capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the communication process into distinct phases: broadcast phase for service announcement and unicast phase for actual data transmission. The SA message is segmented to include both broadcast elements (service type, synchronization info) and unicast elements (target UE ID, dedicated resources), enabling the system to leverage benefits of both communication modes while avoiding their individual drawbacks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Measurement precision

If unicast connection establishment is implemented, then communication precision and resource efficiency are improved, but system complexity and establishment difficulty are worsened

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication targeting precisionVSAvoidconnection establishment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring unicast resources within the broadcast SA message. The transmitting UE includes dedicated uplink resources, target UE ID, and transmission parameters in the SA message before actual data transmission. This preliminary configuration simplifies the subsequent unicast connection establishment, as the receiving UE already has the necessary parameters to immediately transition to unicast mode without complex negotiation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The SA message acts as an intermediary that bridges broadcast and unicast communication modes. It carries both broadcast information (service announcement) and unicast configuration (targeted communication parameters), serving as a mediator that enables the transition from broadcast to unicast without requiring separate complex establishment procedures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of manufacture

If broadcast communication is used, then resource allocation simplicity is improved, but resource conflict and interference are worsened

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource allocation simplicityVSAvoidresource conflict and interference
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by allocating different resource types to different communication needs. Broadcast resources are allocated for SA message transmission, while dedicated unicast resources are allocated for data transmission. This localized resource allocation ensures that broadcast and unicast transmissions do not interfere with each other, and multiple unicast pairs can communicate simultaneously without resource conflicts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP3836580B1Physical sidelink unicast connection establishment method, terminal, and apparatus
Publication Date: 2023.10.04 DATANG MOBILE COMM EQUIP CO LTD
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AI summary

A unicast connection establishment method for a direct link, a terminal and a device are provided, the method is applied to a first terminal and includes the following steps: determining, according to status information of at least one second terminal, one terminal of the at least one second terminal as a target terminal for a unicast communication of a direct link; and establishing a unicast connection of the direct link with the target terminal, and determining transmission configuration information for performing a unicast data communication with the target terminal.